Operation: Power Level Gary

another point given to The Gary!

http://www.enworld.org/forum/651300-post9.html

nedjer said:

Oops! I wasn't trying to imply you fabricated the data - more that you like the look of a well-made chart

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[CheesyAccent=Aussie]You call that a chart? THIS is a chart![/CheesyAccent]

nedjer said:

And that includes me, as regardless of the original intention it's obvious that:

1. this thread can never create a permanent or persistent tribute
2. a tribute would be something like a prominent sticky thread that collected the best GG posts
3. it's maybe doubtful that the dude would have considered celebrity XPs for trivial posts as comparable to recognising his genuine achievements

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Nothing on this side of creation is permanent for even the largest monument man has created will be destroyed when the Sun goes super nova and then turns into a black whole which devours everything between here and pluto.

Also, I don't give celebrity xp, nor do I worship the ground they walk on.

I give Gary tribute in the form of xp because he created the game that opened the floodgates that lead to the RPG industry, and stated many interesting opinions.

For disclosure sake, even though my older brother played AD&D 1e, the first rpg I played was a Palladium game. After playing in several Palladium solo games, I was then invited into a AD&D 2e game.

Now you may be wondering, if I Would give Sembiedia xp because his rule set was my introduction into gaming? No, because unlike Gary, every fan interaction I've read from Sembiedia tended to be negative side and someone who seems to be as much of a stand up guy as Gary was is more deserving of the post humerus xp honor.

FoxWander said:

[CheesyAccent=Aussie]You call that a chart? THIS is a chart![/CheesyAccent]

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I agree, it needs more saucy tarts and slovenly trulls.

Part of the effect of this thread and the tribute (for me) is that it gets me back into giving out XP to all the other deserving posters as well, and hunting for the small pearls of wisdom in the forums. So Gary still helps motivate me and lead me to new ideas and inspirations. Which I find well worth more XP.

So another 3 added to the pile.

FoxWander said:

[CheesyAccent=Aussie]You call that a chart? THIS is a chart![/CheesyAccent]

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You call that a chart? THIS is a chart!

Gulla said:

the small pearls of wisdom in the forums.

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This is where you lost me dudes. Where is the pearl of wisdom in, e.g.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/651300-post9.html

Not a million miles away from equally critical knowledge like what Ms. Hilton was doing yesterday evening...

Mod Edit: Dude, we don't require that you find every word to be a veritable jewel, but we do ask that you avoid scatological analogies. Thanks. ~Umbran

nedjer said:

This is where you lost me dudes. Where is the pearl of wisdom in, e.g.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/651300-post9.html

Not a million miles away from equally critical knowledge like what Ms. Hilton was doing yesterday evening...

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Well, I didn't say I hunted down the pearls of wisdom from Gary. I simply hunt down a new post of his each time I have found 30 or so pearls worthy of XP in the rest of the forums.

Basically this initiative have made me use XP a lot more when I like a post as a quick "thanks" or "That was nice" rather than sitting on my XP like Scrooge giving it out only for the absolutely brilliant.

I think the World in general, and ENWorld as an extension, would benefit greatly if we all could be better at giving out small positive reinforcement (like XP on a post we like) all the time

So there you see. (I think) I'm becoming a (slightly) better person from this initiative and spending a little effort finding other posters who deserve XP so I can givie Gary XP again. A nice positive feedback loop, and I like to think that I improve (very slightly) the day of other posters I give XP to.

Mod Edit: Sorry, but I had to remove the scatology. ~Umbran

nedjer said:

This is where you lost me dudes.

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And yet, here you are.



Seriously, anyone is welcome to join in the fun project of making Poppa G the top XP guy on EN World in memorium of his progenitor status with tabletop RPGs, that thus allowed this site to exist in a sense, but I'm not sure repeated posting to get others to justify their involvement counts as joining in.

nedjer said:

Not a million miles away from equally critical knowledge like whatMs. Hilton was doing yesterday evening...

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Is this a figurative manifestation of threadcrapping?


Mod Edit: Please pardon the edit. Just removing the scatology. ~Umbran

A happy side effect of this noble effort ...

I am reading far more ENWorld than ever before. There's some "good stuff" in here!